09: The Cauldron of Fear
| Pending |
| Fixed | ||
| (er) | Many: | on to -> onto (REJECTED: 135 [opens on to]; 211 [hang on to]) (FIXED: 104 [drops onto]; 159 [load...onto]; 168 [leaping onto]; 169, 219, 293 [descend onto]; 210 [backwards onto]; 252 [back onto]; 276 [backwards onto]; 131 [emerge onto]; 123 [turn onto the]) |
| (er) | The Story So Far, Equipment | Kai monastery -> Kai Monastery |
| (er) | The Story So Far: | gods -> Gods |
| (er) | The Story So Far: | by Darklord armies, others -> by Darklord armies; others [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (er) | The Story So Far: | magician's guild -> Magicians' Guild |
| (er) | The Story So Far: | the koura-tas-kai would each come from the north -> the koura-tas-kai would both come from the north [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007: to agree with 'they' later in the sentence] |
| (er) | The Story So Far: | [dv: the chances of your completing your quest successfully... -> ...the chances of you completing you quest successfully...] [jb: Well actually... "your completing your -> you completing your".] |
| (er) | The Game Rules: | ENDURANCE points fall to zero -> ENDURANCE points fall to zero or below |
| (er) | Disciplines: | mastery of this skill -> mastery this skill |
| (er) | Disciplines: | add only 2 extra points to your COMBAT SKILL. -> add only 2 extra points to your COMBAT SKILL. (Psi-surge and Mindblast cannot be used simultaneously.) |
| (er) | Disciplines: | your list -> your Weaponmastery Checklist [SO: and link to the Action Chart][Dewi Morgan, August 2008] |
| (er) | Equipment [x9]: | bow -> Bow |
| (er) | Equipment: | combat, therefore it is strongly -> combat; therefore it is strongly [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (er) | Equipment [x7]: | arrow -> arrow |
| (er) | Equipment: | Weaponmastery with a -> Weaponmastery with |
| (er) | Equipment: | quiver -> Quiver |
| (er) | Rules for Combat: | This process of combat continues until ENDURANCE points of either the enemy or Lone Wolf are reduced to zero, ... If the enemy is dead, Lone Wolf proceeds but with his ENDURANCE points reduced. -> This process of combat continues until the ENDURANCE points of either the enemy or Lone Wolf are reduced to zero or below, ... If the enemy is dead, Lone Wolf proceeds but with his ENDURANCE points possibly reduced. |
| (er) | Rules for Combat: | at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead. -> at which point that combatant is declared dead. |
| (er) | 9, 11, 12, 15, 97, 120, 179 [x2], 184, 216, 229, 237, 314, 338: | bow -> Bow |
| (er) | 9, 12, 22, 70, 99, 107, 171, 183, 310, 330: | arrow -> Arrow |
| (er) | 11: | or lose 6 ENDURANCE points -> or lose 3 ENDURANCE points for each missed Meal [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (er) | 24, 74: | brotherhood -> Brotherhood [tp] |
| (er) | 28: | your gold -> your coins [owlfeather: You may also offer them silver Lune (cf. Section 163).] |
| (er) | 29, 36, 42, 47, 69, 133, 159, 167, 238 [x2]: | Kai mastery -> Kai Mastery |
| (er) | 38, 231: | [dv: add similar footnote like in section 38 (if the bonuses are indeed not cumulative).] [jb: Looking back at that footnote, we come off as more authoritative than we should, I think. We should tone it back. Agreed that 231 could also use a similar footnote.] [so: Deleted Footnote ad added "(If you possess both of these Magnakai Disciplines, you may only add 3 to the number picked.)" from Mongoose edition to 38. Added this text also to 231.] |
| (er) | 40: | A long gravel beach lines the west bank, and on the other side, a quarter of a mile away, you see the rolling, treeless plains of Slovia stretching endlessly towards the horizon [in this reference, the gravel beach would be on the east bank because the other side is Slovia to the west][LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (er) | 42, 109: | Guildhouse -> Guild-house [so: as per changes in 06TKoT] |
| (er) | 53: | wildly, then -> wildly; then [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (er) | 68: | storeroom -> store room |
| (er) | 70: | Drakkar assault-troopers -> Drakkarim assault-troopers [PAMoS] |
| (er) | 75: | grey-haired aristocratic -> grey-haired, aristocratic [tp: maybe?] |
| (er) | 75: | Chiban, the other -> Chiban; the other [bk: Agree.] [tp: Ditto.] |
| (er) | 77: | female, she -> female; she [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (er) | 77: | He that gave us life -> Him that gave us life [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] [JB/IK: Him who] |
| (er) | 77: | [Should the Crocaryx speech all be in <thought>, or does she actually speak verbally later on in the section?] |
| (er) | 102: | soldiers on -> soldiers at |
| (er) | 115: | Put a tick on your Action Chart beside the item or items that you wish to stake. [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007: Change 'Put a tick' to 'Put tick(s)' or more simply just 'Mark' to agree with the syntax of 'item or items'] [IK: On your Action Chart mark the item or items that you wish to stake.] |
| (er) | 120: | headfirst -> head-first |
| (er) | 120 [x2]: | on to -> onto |
| (er) | 142, 323: | Lone Wolf <cite> |
| (er) | 131: | enemy have -> enemy has |
| (er) | 134: | [dv: Swap the order of disciplines, i.e. ask for Nexus first, Psi-surge second, since use of Nexus doesn't cost any END points (and the use of disciplines is 'mandatory' - i.e. there's no "if you wish to use the discipline" part in the text) ] [jb: Agreed.] |
| (er) | 135: | spluttering torches -> sputtering torches [ik] [dd] [bk] |
| (er) | 142: | This session is now in hearing -> This hearing is now in session |
| (er) | 145: | four Gold Crowns -> three Gold Crowns [Tristan] |
| (er) | 146, 245: | camp fires -> campfires |
| (er) | 150: | new-found -> newfound |
| (er) | 156: | goddess -> Goddess |
| (er) | 158: | this skill -> either of these skills |
| (er) | 167: | savanna -> savannah |
| (er) | 177: | Weapon list -> Weapons List [and link to Action Chart] |
| (er) | 184, 237: | arrows -> Arrows |
| (er) | 204: | plains farmer -> plains farmers [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (er) | 220: | Drakkar Assault-toopers -> Drakkarim Assault-troopers [PAMoS] |
| (er) | 252: | Takas [so: Encode as Anarian] |
| (er) | 256: | He who gave us life -> Him that gave us life [cf. Sect77 Errata above] [JB/IK: Him who] |
| (er) | 266: | feet first -> feet-first |
| (er) | 288: | emporiums -> emporia |
| (er) | 316: | You must deduct 4 points from your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of the fight, as you are without a Weapon. -> Make the proper adjustments to your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of this fight, as you are without a Weapon. [Jan Charvát: Kai Tutelaries deduct only 2 points from COMBAT SKILL when fighting bare-handed.] |
| (er) | 316: | [dv: Ha! that was easy! -> Ha! That was easy! (capital T) + correct the footnote: -2CS only when a Tutelary AND possessing Weaponmastery discipline.] [jb: Agreed, though we could also make it "Ha, that was easy!" but that's less forceful.] |
| (er) | 326: | the female -> a female [so: The only previous mention of her is in Section 313, which it is easy to miss.] |
| (er) | Combat Rules Summary: | Kai Disciplines -> Magnakai Disciplines |
| (er) | Combat Rules Summary: | This is when ENDURANCE points of either character fall to 0. -> This is when ENDURANCE points of either character falls to 0 or below. |
| Fixed (Not Errata) | ||
| (ft) | Equipment, 58, 172, 190, 265: | [jc: How is the Lantern lighted?] [so: Added: The Lantern is designed to be self-lighting. You will not need a Tinderbox or any other means of creating a flame to light it.] |
| (ne) | Improved Disciplines: | and be able -> and are able [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (ne) | 1: | town and is defenders -> town and its defenders [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (ne) | 5: | [so: Add Spyglass to the bottom of the list of items (as reported here(approve sites).] |
| (ft) | 5: | You may use a Spyglass in place of the discipline of Huntmastery, if you possess one. [jc: Just a thought: In the section 5 in this book, LW is able to acquire a Spyglass. Could it be used instead of Magnakai discipline of Huntmastery with the rank of Principalin? (the result would be the same - gaining telescopic vision). Through the Magnakai books, the Spyglass could be fould only in book 9 sect. 5. A Spyglass could also be found in Grandmaster books and New Order books (where it is useless - all Gandmasters have telescopic vision). Is it possible to check "telescopic" using of Huntmastery in Magnakai books? Book 9 sect. 156, 187 and 303; Book 10 sect. 140 and 150; Book 11 sect. 117 and 228; Book 12 sect. 10, 125 and 191.] [DD: Sounds to me like this is a good candidate for adding a footnote to all later sections where you use telescopic vision from the enhanced discipline, saying you could also use the spyglass instead.] [jb: Using a *nix command line which *should* find every choice that requires the reader to have Huntmastery and be a Principalin, I get the following links [omitted]. All of those sections involve telescopic vision. So if the footnote guides the reader to note that they might choose to use the Spyglass whenever they are asked if they have Huntmastery and have reached the rank of Principalin, I think that would be safe.] |
| (ne) | 11: | from you Action Chart -> from your Action Chart [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (ne) | 12 [ftn]: | bow -> Bow |
| (ne) | 12 [ftn]: | arrow -> Arrow |
| (ne) | 13: | these Items -> these items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ft) | 48, 59: | [Javier: I find it surprising that, after having found the Platinum Amulet in LW #7 you don't get to use it in LW #9 even when exposed to fire (right after getting out of the Cauldron there is one situation..) to prevent the damage. This(approve sites) thread on the forum [1] that suggests that this amulet is "fake" and that you get a real one in the GM series. Maybe it is worthwhile adding a footnote in section 48 (encounter against Zakhan Kimah) and in section 59 (house on fire) that the amulet does *not* protect you against the damage there?] [SO: 48 Rejected; there's no Nexus alternative and the fire is magical in nature. 59: It is unclear whether a Platinum Amulet should protect you in this situation in lieu of the Discipline of Nexus. (Added this to preceding section 342 instead.)] |
| (ft) | 54: | [so: Add that this refers to all Special Items, Backpack Items and Weapons (cf. Section 177) as reported here(approve sites).] |
| (ne) | 91 [x2]: | Items on the -> items of the[so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 94: | these Items -> these items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 113: | number of Items -> number of items |
| (ne) | 115: | forfeit the Item (or Items) -> forfeit the item (or items) [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 121: | teeming -> teeming throng. [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] |
| (ft) | 128: | In the most recent edition of The Cauldron of Fear published by Mongoose Publishing, Zakhan Kimah's statistics have been altered to: COMBAT SKILL 39, ENDURANCE 46. As this authoritative revision was made under Joe Dever's supervision, it is appropriate to follow that revision here. We have preserved the combat from the original printing here. |
| (ft) | 134: | [so: As you have not eaten all day (cf. Section 242) you should now deduct 3 ENDURANCE points.] |
| (ne) | 155 [x2]: | Items -> items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 172: | manner of Items -> manner of items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 190: | these Items -> these items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 201: | second Item -> second item [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 201: | first Item -> first item [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 201: | stolen Item -> stolen item [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 235: | stolen the Items -> stolen the items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 253, footnotz: | Golds Crowns -> Gold Crowns |
| (ne) | 265: | these Items -> these items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 282: | these Items -> these items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | 289: | this Item -> this item |
| (ft) | 316: | The normal penalty for entering a combat without a weapon is -4 COMBAT SKILL points. Remember that Tutelaries (Kai Lords with mastery of five Magnakai Disciplines) only suffer a penalty of -2 COMBAT SKILL points for entering combat unarmed. |
| (ne) | 329: | number of Items -> number of items [so: And remove Errata entry] |
| (ne) | Footnotes (Sections 11 and 175): | the Zaaryx -> Zaaryx [or, the ruins of Zaaryx] |
| (ne) | Footnotes (Section 12): | arrow...bow -> Arrow...Bow |
| (ne) | Footnote (Section 115): | To turn to the section of your choice, there are several methods. One is to turn to the Numbered Sections list and choose the appropriate section from the list. If you have chosen the correct answer to the Khmar's riddle, the footnotes for that section will tell you so. -> The section corresponding to the correct answer to Khmar's riddle will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct. |
| (ne) | Footnote (Section 204): | To turn to the section of your choice, there are several methods. One is to turn to the Numbered Sections list and choose the appropriate section from the list. If you have chosen the correct answer to the Khmar's riddle, the footnotes for that section will tell you so. -> The section corresponding to the correct answer to Khmar's riddle will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct. |
| (ne) | Errata: | Remove superfluous 'Section' before each section number on the list. |
| (ne) | Errata [x5]: | all Items -> all items |
| (ne) | Errata: | of Items -> of items |
| Rejected | |||
| (er) | All occurrences of "<rank> or more" with "<rank> or higher" | ||
| (er) | Improved Disciplines: | is not be able -> will not be able [LeRoy McSwain, Jan 2007] | |
| (er) | Kai Wisdom: | freelands -> Freelands | |
| (er) | 1: | east quarter -> East Quarter | |
| (er) | 2 [x2], 30 [x2], 55, 59, 70 [x2], 128, 159, 179 [x2], 198, 210, 219, 258 [x2], 350 [x2]: | West Gate -> west gate | |
| (er) | 27, 295: | sun-sword -> Sun-sword | |
| (er) | 100 [x2], 164, 177, 192, 212, 227, 242, 278, 319 [x2], 344 [x2]: | South Gate -> south gate | |
| (er) | 108 [x2], 159 [x2], 168: | North Gate -> north gate | |
| (er) | 145: | [owlfeather: There are a few entries here, one of them being to order a meal. There's no mention however of NEEDING to eat a meal. Perhaps a mention somewhere of needing to do so? Or do you feel the fact that those who eat the tavern food (88) and are healed of all damage, is its own reward?] [so: The latter seems to be Joe's intention here.] | |
| (er) | 252: | [owlfeather: The meal message appears for 252. Things get messy here in following all the paths. If you take 187 then double back, you'll get a meal message at 247 (leading to 318). If you take 187 then go to the village, you'll get one at 63 (leading to 145). If you take 318 then go the village, you'll again get one on the way back at 63. Now, If you take 187 to 247 to 318 to 63, you'll eat two meals, whereas if you go straight from 52 - 318 - 145, you won't eat any meals. I'm not sure how this could be easily rectified. Perhaps a footnote at 52 saying something like, "despite instructions you may or may not come across, you should consume a total of one meal between 52 and 145."] [so: Disagree. The flowchart shows that 318 -> 63 means a time-consuming detour. The longer the journey, the more food is required!] | |
| (er) | 146: | Chah mountain -> Chah Mountain [JB: It could refer to the "Chah Mtns" on the map, but there is no such thing as "Chah Mountain" (note the singular) as far as I know, so I vote for leaving it as is.] | |
| (er) | 170 [x2], 174 [x2], 259, 312: | South Gatehouse -> south gatehouse | |
| (er) | 256: | "fulfil our our duty" -> "fulfil our duty" [NM] | |
| (er) | 305: | [dv: he were -> he was ?] [jb: OK as-is (subjunctive mood).] | |
| (ne) | 350 (Footnote): | South Gate Guard -> South Gate guards [JB: Cf. King's Guard in Flight from the Dark section 6.] | |